Stock Assessments and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Documents

The Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) document contains information on CPS stock abundance, population trends, landings, and more. For SAFE documents and assessments prior to 2006 please contact Jessi Doerpinghaus at the Council office (phone 503-820-2415; toll free 1-866-806-7204 ext. 409).

YearDocument typeTitle
2024SAFE2024 CPS Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Document (November 2024)
2024Terms of ReferenceTerms of Reference for the Costal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Process (June 2024)
2024Practices and GuidelinesAccepted Practices Guidelines for Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessments
2024Assessment and Model FilesAssessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource (Sardinops sagax) in 2024 for U.S. management in 2024-2025
Sardine 2024 Model Files (ZIP File)
April 2024 Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Meeting Report
2024SAFE2023 CPS SAFE (May 2024)
2023Practices and GuidelinesAccepted Practices and Guidelines for Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessments in 2024
2023Assessment and Model FilesAssessment of Pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicus) for U.S. management in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 fishing years
Mackerel 2023 Model Files (Zip File)
2022Assessment, Pacific Sardine2022 Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment Update
2022Terms of ReferenceTerms of Reference for the Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Process for 2023-2024 (November 2022)
2022SAFE2021 CPS SAFE (September 2022)
2022TablesAppendix A: 2021 SAFE Tables (September 2022)
2021Assessment, AnchovyAssessment of the Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) Central Subpopulation in 2021 for U.S. Management (June 2022)
2021Model Files, AnchovyAnchovy 2021 Model Files
2021Assessment, SardineAppendix B: 2020 Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment
2021Assessment, MackerelAppendix C: 2021 Pacific Mackerel Stock Projection Estimate (biennial)
2021Assessment, Acoustic-TrawlAppendix D: 2019 Acoustic-Trawl Report (NOAA Tech Memo NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-626)
2020Assessment, SardineApril 2020 Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Report
2020Terms of ReferenceTerms of Reference for the Methodology Review Process for Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species for 2021-2022 (December 2020)
2020SAFE2019 CPS SAFE (June 2020)
2019SAFE2018 CPS SAFE April 2019
2019TablesAppendix A: SAFE Tables (April 2019)
2019Assessment, MackerelAppendix B: Pacific Mackerel Stock Assessment June 2019
2019Assessment, SardineAppendix C: Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment May 2019
2018Assessment, SardineAppendix B: Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment (April 2018)
2017SAFEStock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation 2017; including information through June 2017
2017TablesAppendix A: SAFE Tables December 2017
2017Assessment, MackerelAppendix B: Pacific Mackerel Stock Assessment December 2017
2017Assessment, SardineAppendix C: Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment December 2017
April 2017 Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Meeting Report
2017SAFEStock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation 2016
2017TablesAppendix A: SAFE Tables May 2017
2017Assessment, MackerelAppendix B: Pacific Mackerel Stock Assessment May 2017
2017Assessment, SardineAppendix C: Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment May 2017
2014SAFEStock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation December 2014
2014TablesAppendix A: SAFE Tables December 2014
2014Assessment, MackerelAppendix B: Pacific Mackerel Stock Assessment December 2014
2014Assessment, SardineAppendix C: Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment December 2014
2013Assessment, SardinePacific Sardine Biomass Projection in 2013 (Executive Summary October 25, 2013)
2013Assessment, MackerelPacific Mackerel Biomass Projection (May 2013)
2012Assessment, SardineAssessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2012 (December 2012)
2011SAFEStock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation June 2011
2011TablesAppendix A: SAFE Tables June 2011
2011Assessment, MackerelAppendix B: Pacific Mackerel Stock Assessment June 2011
2011Assessment, SardineAppendix C: Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment June 2011
November 2011 Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Meeting Report
2010SAFECPS SAFE June 2010
2010TablesJune 2010 CPS SAFE Tables
2009SAFESAFE Document June 2009 including tables and figures
2009Assessment, Sardine2009 Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment Update, SSC, CPSMT, CPSAS Reports
2009Assessment, Mackerel2009 Pacific Mackerel Stock Assessment Update, 2008 SSC, CPSMT, CPSAS Reports
2008SAFECPS SAFE document June 2008
2008Assessment, Sardine2008 Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment, SSC and Review Panel Report
2008Assessment, Mackerel2008 Pacific Mackerel Stock Assessment, Review Panel and SSC Reports
2007SAFESAFE Document June 2007
2007Assessment, Sardine2007 Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment, SSC and Review Panel Reports
November 2007 Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel Meeting Report
2007Assessment, Mackerel2007 Pacific Mackerel Stock Assessment, Review Panel and SSC Reports
2006SAFECPS SAFE Document June 2006